Obituary of PERRY HAWKINS, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  December 12, 1940

Headline:  P. Hawkins Fatally Injured in Auto Accident

Funeral services for Perry Hawkins, 20 year old merchant of Rhinehart, who as 
fatally injured in an automobile accident December 5, were held December 7 at 
Rhinehart at 2 p.m.  Deceased was the son of Mrs. Susie Hawkins of Rhinehart 
and was a member of the Rhinehart Baptist Church.  He died at the Ferriday 
hospital where he was taken for treatment following the accident.

Officiating at the funeral ceremony were:  Rev. Burton A. Miley of 
Harrisonburg, Rev. M. T. Doughty of Tullos, Rev. Shadrack Brooks of 
Rhinehart, and Rev. J. J. Allbritton of Midway.  Interment followed at the 
Rhinehart Cemetery under the direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of 
Jena.

Surviving are:  Mrs. Susie Hawkins, mother, of Rhinehart; Wm. Martin Hawkins 
of Savannah, Ga., and Phillip Steel Hawkins of Rhinehart, brothers.

Pallbearers were:  L. E. Richardson, Bill Russell, Roy Richardson, Luther 
McMillin, J. B. Richardson, and Steel Alexander.